Daily Archives: October 22, 2016

Officials in Greece have defended a decision to deport 10 refugees to Turkey, saying none of the Syrians had sought to stay in Greece as claimed by the United Nations refugee agency, also known as the UNHCR. The Greek Ministry of Citizen Protection issued a statement on Saturday, saying the ...

The Iraqi prime minister has called on Turkey and Saudi Arabia to stop interfering in the domestic affairs of his country, which is engaged in a campaign against the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group. “We have well intentions for Saudi Arabia and Turkey provided that they do not interfere in the domestic ...

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Saturday said he was “not aware” if any delegation of the Afghan Taliban had recently come to Pakistan in relation to peace talks with the government in Kabul. Aziz’s statement comes as news reports quoted officials as saying that ...

Three senior Afghan Taliban members travelled to Pakistan this week and held a series of meetings with Pakistani officials in Islamabad, mainly to brief them about the recent talks held in Qatar between the Afghan Taliban and Kabul, a senior Taliban official, an Afghan diplomat and a Pakistani official said ...

Dr. Arif and Yunus were taken into custody outside the Karachi Press Club where they were due to address a press conference. Before MQM London leaders arrived at the press club’s premises, s large number of Rangers personnel had taken positions in the surrounding area and were checking the vehicles ...

Thousands across Australia have participated in nationwide rallies in more than 25 cities in support of asylum seekers in the country after recent calls by a lawmaker to enforce a refugee ban. The rallies on Saturday were organized by the Welcome to Australia campaign and aimed at celebrating cultural diversity and promoting compassion and unity ...

The Kremlin has highlighted Russia’s commitments to Syria, saying it seeks to avert the war-stricken country’s breakup and rid it of terrorists. “We need to liberate and do everything possible to prevent the division of the country,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the TV news program, dubbed “Vesti ...

Iraqi forces make fresh advances as they engage in a sixth day of operations to retake the city of Mosul from Daesh a day after the Takfiri group’s surprise attack on the oil-rich Kirkuk. From the terrorist group’s last stronghold, there are disturbing reports that Daesh militants have executed hundreds of civilians, ...

The State Department has dismissed requests from Russia to send observers to US polling stations next month as a propaganda stunt. State Department spokesman John Kirby said Friday that Russian officials were offered places on a team led by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which has ...

A court in Bahrain has ruled that the assets belonging to the al-Wefaq opposition group, which was the largest parliamentary group in the country before being banned and dissolved, be auctioned off. A judicial source said on Saturday that the bloc’s assets were to go under the hammer on October ...